Native Americans of the Great Basin

The Great Basin Region includes the states of Nevada, California, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah.

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• false

The Native Americans of the Great Basin lived in large groups with who?

• parents

• children

• aunts & uncles

• grandparents

• all of these family members

The people were known for the foods they ate.

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• false

Why were the Paiute called the Wild Onion Eaters?

• They ate wild onions.

• They farmed wild onions.

• They picked wild onions.

• They traded wild onions.

The summers and winters in the Great Basin Region were very mild, not too hot and not too cold.

• true

• false

The Great Basin Native Americans would build what type of shelters in the warm weather?

• longhouses

• square brush shelters

• round brush shelters

• teepees

In the winter time, they would build sturdier shelters called what?

• teepees

• longhouses

• pithouses

• wikiups

What did they do with the pine nuts they harvested?

• They fed the animals.

• They saved them for the winter and ground them into flour.

• They used them for hunting.

• They didn't do anything with them.

The Great Basin Native Americans roasted grasshoppers and ground them into flour.

• true

• false

Great Basin Native Americans used myths to explain things about nature such as thunderstorms, wind, and snow.

• true

• false